And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged;
And God remembered Noah, and every living creature, and all the livestock that were with him in the ark. So God sent a wind across the earth, and the floodwaters began to go down.
God remembered Noah and all the animals in the ark, so He sent wind to make the floodwaters start going down.
📚 Historical Context
In the biblical narrative, God had sent a great flood to judge the widespread wickedness and violence that had corrupted humanity, sparing only Noah, a righteous man, and his family along with pairs of animals in the ark. This event followed God's instructions to Noah to build the ark as a means of salvation from the impending judgment. Now, in Genesis 8:1, after the floodwaters had covered the earth for a period, God remembers Noah and initiates the process of receding the waters to restore the world.
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